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First Principles: Virtue Is Not Hereditary
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)
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In Memory of 9/11
We must never forget what extremists brought on this day We must always linger on the troubles that come humanity’s way We must also never forget that we are all the children of God And that God would have us … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Ache, Acts, Afraid, America, Ashes, Beacon, Betteer, Blind, Brave, Brazen, Break, Breathe, Cherish, Children, City on the Hill, Come Together, Day, Dreams, Example, Extremists, Fight, Forget, Founders, Freedom, Future, God, God's Will, Hands, Heart, Help, Humanity, Kindness, Liberty, Love, Loving, Madmen, Memory, Nature, Need, New, New Life, Nurture, Patriot, Peace, Remember, Seek, Shine, Strifee, Thought For the Day, Tolerate, Trouble, Words
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Like Brothers
The things done in the military grows most men’s units in whatever force into something like family. Most of us ended fighting for our brothers and sisters more than ideals or nations. Some of us carry the memories of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Back, Battles, Beer, Brothers, Caution, Count On, Crime, Danger, Day, Distance, Do It, Done, Doubt, Fallen, Family, Fight, Forever Faithful, Friend, Giving up, God, Head, Joke, Laugh, Live, Longer, Memory, Miles, Military, Mother, Movie, My Time, Need, Nothing to Say, Odds, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Push Past, Race, Remember, Resistance, Ring, Semper Fi, Sigh, Sisters, Smile, Sonds, Stronger, Tears, Toss, Twin, Weight, Years
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Thought For the Day: If You Can Dream It; You Can Do It
“If you can dream, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started by a mouse.” – Walt Disney
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Tagged Can, Do, Dream, Mouse, Remember, Start, Thought For the Day, Walt Disney, You
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Is There Hope?
I am feeling down today. Had way too long of a walk through prairie wildflowers and then woods in a riparian corridor, but, even that hasn’t cheered me up. Still, it has led another poem at least. Is There Hope? … Continue reading
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Tagged Age of Chivalry, Battle, Bond, Brave, Contemplate, Empty Pages, Forget, Handshake, Heart, Hope, Introspection, Met, Moments, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Premise, Promise, Random, Remember, Tattle, Touch, Trees, Try, Word, Words, World
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First Principles: Sad Will Be the Day When Americans Forget Their Traditions and Their History
“Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country they love, the institutions they cherish, and the freedom they hope to preserve, were born from the throes … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Day, Fearless, First Principles, Forget, Freedom, History, Remember, Resistance, Roger Sherman, Sad, Tradition, Tyranny
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite
Light pollution and tricks of manmade light are dulling out the nighttime sky almost irreverently. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite by Michael Romani Looking up to heavens with naked eye Cosmic specks no longer glitter the sky Even outside the dense … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Days, Blunder, Cosmic Speck, Diamond, Dim, Divine, Dream, Dystopia, Glitter, Gone, Heavens, Humanity, International Space Station, Just, Lament, Light Pollution, Mad Hatter, Magic, Mountain, Nake Eye, Nature, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remember, Rim, Satellite, Sensation, Shine, Shooting Stars, Sky, Space X, Spirituality, Stars, Technology, Text Alerts, Tragic, Twinkle, Urban Center, Wish, Wonder
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Cultivating Kindness I
When life gets down to the fundamentals, isn’t kindness what we most need? Like so many say, be that change. Cultivating Kindness I by Michael Romani In this world, filled with sin And perhaps too much blindness One clarion thought … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Biblical, Blind, Christ, Clarion, Compassion, Connection, Cultivate, Depend, Easy Going, Eyes, Fogiving, Follow, Friend, Generous, Gentle, Harshness, Hear, Holy Spirit, Indwell, Kindness, Light, Living, One Another, Outflow, Part, Path, Patient, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Remember, Selfish, Service, Sin, Surprise, Tender, Thought, True, True Friend, Warm Heart, World
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Sometimes Better Than the Memories
Six guns out and blazing was the dream …. maybe a little too much time thinking on the West these days? Sometimes Better Than the Memories by Michael Romani Sometimes I can’t remember The things that I’ve done Sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Picture Show, Begun, Best, Burn, Chill, Cry, Die, Echoes, Good Boy, Government, Heart, Hell, Hurt, Kill, Know, Man, Meant, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reality, Remember, Six Gun, Soul, Things Done, Time, West, Why
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Thought For the Day: In Planning For Posterity, It Is Important To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine
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Tagged Hereditary, Plan, Posterity, Remember, Thomas Paine, Thought For the Day, Virtue
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